Content Budapest confirms 128 participating companies, announces new speakers and buyers
C21’s Content Budapest has confirmed 128 participating companies and announced a raft of new buyers and speakers for the June event.
You can find further detail about the full event by CLICKING HERE.
Participating companies include:
New speakers join the line-up:
M7 Group’s Bill Wijdeveld, BluTV’s Mustafa Alpay Güler, Paprika Studios’ Krisztina Gallo and Parrot Analytics’ Amit Devani are the latest speakers announced for Content Budapest in June.
The conference agenda, programmed to stimulate business throughout Central and Eastern Europe while connecting the international programming community with the local market, will see business leaders discuss their content strategies and coproduction opportunities, whilst key executives and analysts will talk to the latest trends and challenges impacting the international market, from pay TV to FAST.
Plus in a focus on Turkey, executives from across the Turkish business will talk to partnership opportunities with the region and beyond.

Bill Wijdeveld
VP platform content services
M7 Group

Mustafa Alpay Güler
Board member, MD international
BluTV

Krisztina Gallo
Head of international co-productions
Paprika Studios
Other confirmed speakers include:

Jamie Cooke
General manager of CEE, Baltics, Middle East, Mediterranean and Turkey (CEE MENAT)
Warner Bros. Discovery

Izzet Pinto
Founder and CEO
Global Agency

Victoria Yarmoshchuk
CEO
FILM.UA Group

Ákos Erdős
CEO
Paprika Studios

Izabella Wiley
Senior VP, general manager, Central & Eastern Europe
A+E Networks EMEA

Marcin Skabara
Director of programming strategy
Telewizja Polska S.A

Katalin Radóczy
VP Programming
AMC Networks International

Dorota Eberhardt
Content strategy director
Warner Bros. Discovery Poland

Jan Maxa
Director, content and new media
Czech TV

Bill Wijdeveld
VP platform content services
M7 Group

Jana Semjonova
Program director
LTV

Igor Draguzet
Chief content officer
CME Group

Tatjana Pavlović
Head of production and distribution
United Media

Jan Wykrytowicz
CEO
Go3

Branko Čakarmiš
General director
Pro Plus

Mustafa Alpay Güler
Board member, MD international
BluTV

Gytis Oganauskas
Deputy director general
LRT

Jasmina Lakobrija
Director of content production and sales
Telekom Srbija

Nicholas Doff
Development director
Network4 Media Group S.á.r.l

Krisztina Gallo
Head of international co-productions
Paprika Studios

Anna Michalowska
Head of content and marketing country managers
Rakuten TV

Nebojša Taraba
Producer & partner
Drugi Plan

Silvia Stefanescu
Programme development & strategy manager
PRO TV

Volodymyr Zavadiuk
Head of Big brave events
1+1 Media

Gabor Krigler
Writer, producer
Joyrider

Siméon Mirzayantz
Regional business manager for CEEMEA & Southern Europe
Glance - Médiamétrie

Caroline Bernier
Creator and executive producer
The Fashion Hero

Hannah Walsh
Research manager
Ampere Analysis

David Ciaramella
Communications manager
K7 Media

Olena Sikan
Head of content sales and acquisitions
Suspilne

David Cornwall
Managing director
Scorpion TV

Claudia Sahab
Director Europe
TelevisaUnivision

Jack Davison
EVP
3Vision

Paloma García Cuesta
International sales director Europe and Africa
Caracol Televisión

Gabriel Doria
Content distribution and partnerships manager - Europe
Globo

Philipp Rotermund
Co-CEO
Wedotv

Karolina Socha-Kalinowska
Head of international relations unit
Telewizja Polska S.A.

Ivan Bukreev
Head of content
1+1 Media

David Flynn
Global scripted
wiip studios

Agnieszka Kubiak
Head of content development and creative
A+E Networks CEE

Elisabeth Hagstedt
Head content and broadcast
TF1

Dariusz Jablonski
Founder, CEO, producer, director
Apple Film Production
More buyers confirmed:
Additional buyers have also joined from TVN Warner Bros. (Poland), Oscar Film Production (Azerbaijan), Shri Lanka Rupavahini TV Corporation, Tanweer, (Greece), Megogo (Ukraine), A2Filmes (Brazil), The Burbank Agency (France), Film Brigade (Czech Republic) and Paramount Global (Poland).
For the full list of attending buyers CLICK HERE.
The full team which has previously orgnanised NATPE Budapest is running the event, together with C21Media, the company behind Content Americas, Content LA, Content Canada and the award-winning Content London.
Buyers are being invited free for charge. To register your interest to attend for free, please sign up by CLICKING HERE.
We are also launching the CEE100 at Content Budapest, celebrating 100 of the leading players changing the shape of television across the region. You can find out more about this initiative by CLICKING HERE.
The Boat Party will be back too. Don’t miss this.
Content Budapest will take CEE events to the next level. We hope you will join us there.
If you have any questions, please contact Content Budapest on +44 (0)20 7729 7460 or email your query to Content Concierge HERE.